Project Description
Dark Wood Netsuke of Oni Gyozui by Ouchi Sosui (1907-72)
Seated up to his waist in a wooden bath-tub, the oni rubs his back with a towel of lighter wood. His eyes are double inlays, his fangs marine ivory. The coals that heat his bath in a chamber accessed from the side are inlays of coral
Signed: Sosui
Height: 4.5 cm
Provenance:
Jacques Carré collection
Information:
Sosui was the son of Gyokuso and pupil of Morita Soko, two of the best carvers of the 20th century. To be reminded of what a consummate carver he was, it is worth revisiting the Bonhams New York sale catalogue of the Kirchhoff collection, September 16th 2009, lots 2071 to 2084
MR3542